So we all know that Napoleon is the greatest General, but who is the greatest statesman of all time?
>Napoleon is the greatest General
You mean Alexander the Great?
>>836558
Napoleon
I'd vote for Asoka the Great t b h
How can an island nation be so shit at naval warfare? Their entire history is littered with their navy getting its teeth kicked in.
>>835558
I don't know a lot of world history (that's why I lurk her) but didn't they beat the ish out of Russia?
>>835568
Winning against late Tsarist Russia is like winning a cagefight against an infant
Remember the Russo Japanese war?
Alright /his/ let's try this:
1: Are you an athiest
2: Why are you an athiest
Let's talk about this
1: Yes
2: There is no sober, unbiased reason to believe in any God
Thread over
>>834947
So is this an argument for the non-existence of any god? How did you come to this conclusion that it is entirely possible for any higher deity to exist at all?
>>834960
Because there is no sober, unbiased reason to believe in any God.
Read it again, and then a third time if you still don't get it.
Why the idea that the Versailles treaty was unfair and lead directly to WW2 is still widely taught ? It's pretty obvious WW2 completly fucked up Germany and the allies caused way more destructions than the Versailles treaty.
Basically one side argues that Versailles was too lenient and didn't contain Germany enough, the other side argues that it was too harsh and directly launched Germany into a crazy national revanchist sentiment.
Either way, it was shit.
>>834211
>Basically one side argues that Versailles was too lenient and didn't contain Germany enough
Who the fuck says this?
>>834249
The French.
Before 1967, the Romanian abortion policy was one of the most liberal in Europe. Because the availability of less drastic contraceptive methods was poor, abortion was the most common means of family planning.
Through a combination of modernization of the Romanian community, the high participation of women in the labor market and a low standard of living, the number of births significantly decreased since the 1950s, reaching its lowest value in 1966. However, the leaders saw the decreasing number of births mainly as a result of the decree issued in 1957 that legalized abortion. To counter this sharp decline of the population, the Communist Party decided that the Romanian population should be increased from 23 to 30 million inhabitants. In October 1966,[1] decree 770 was authorized by Ceaușescu. Abortion and contraception were declared illegal, except for few very restricted cases.
o enforce the decree, society was strictly controlled. Contraceptives disappeared from the shelves and all women were forced to be monitored monthly by a gynecologist. Any detected pregnancies were followed until birth. Secret police kept their eye on operations in hospitals closely.
Sex education was refocused primarily on the benefits of motherhood, including the ostensible satisfaction of being a heroic mother who gives her homeland many children.
(cont)
The direct consequence of the decree was a huge baby boom. Between 1966 and 1967 the number of births increased by almost 100%, and the number of children per woman increased from 1.9 to 3.7. Hastily, thousands of nursery schools were built, and the new generation was forced to participate in sports and cultural activities. The generation born in 1967 and 1968 was the largest in Romanian history.
In the seventies, birth rates declined again. Economic pressure on families remained, and people began to seek ways to circumvent the decree. Wealthier women were able to obtain contraceptives illegally, or bribed doctors to give diagnoses which made abortion possible. Especially among the less educated and poorer women there were many unwanted pregnancies. These women could only utilize primitive methods of abortion, which led to infection, sterility or even their own death. The mortality among pregnant women became the highest of Europe during the reign of Ceaușescu. While the childbed mortality rate kept declining over the years in neighboring countries, in Romania it increased to more than ten times that of its neighbors.
Many children born in this period became malnourished, were severely physically handicapped, or ended up in care under grievous conditions, which led to a rise in child mortality.
Since the fall of Decree 770 the number of abortions has risen in Romanian; in 2002, 7.9% of Romanian women had reported undergoing an abortion. Some conclude that the number of abortions is so high because of the lack of knowledge of birth control methods by the Romanian population.
(cont.)
>murder is woman's right
>>833658
Murder.
Anglo discipline, a good sense of humour from all 4 countries, and Celtic ferocity.
>>833003
You mean three countries right? Ireland just got pwned by the other three (mostly England and Wales.)
>>833007
>sense of humour
A useful feat to conquer the world, yes.
>god is real because my special ideas are real and my special ideas have to be real because if they weren't real then god wouldn't be real but god is real so my special ideas are real therefore god exists t. desfarts
>>832882
nice try, undergrad.
god is what puts inside you the idea of perfection, of what cannot be thought.
>>832919
So in summary:
Because the concept of god seems impossible and unlikely, is precisely what makes god true!
>>832919
So what you're saying is that you believe in a big Sky daddy who left his children and didn't save his son? Told some old dude to kill his son, only to have Said at the last second," woah, it's just a prank bro!"
Well, /his/... Did Jesus Christ exist?
>Screenshot
?
>>832642
instead of cropping I just zoomed in on the picture and screenshotted it.
The question is: Is He real to you?
We could discuss, debate, or rebuke all day about His history, but would you accept Him anymore differently?
Quick! Claim your historical husbando before someone else gets him.
> Exiled at the age of fifteen after fighting alongside his brother Olaf II of Norway.
> Still a teenager, becomes one of Yaroslav the Wise's captains while on his way to Constantinople.
> Joins the Varangian Guard and quickly rises to become “leader over all the Varangians”.
> Fights Saracens, Normans and Pechenegs in eighteen major battles and innumerable skirmishes over ten years.
> Steals plunder from, imprisoned by and later blinds Roman emperor, Manuel V.
> Returns home with unimaginable wealth (and a banging wife) to regain his rightful place as king of Norway.
>Kicks the shit out of the Danes for around fifteen years.
[spoiler]> Wins seven feet of English soil.[/spoiler]
Truly the last great viking.
>born into an ancient patrician family
>with no money, not even owning a slave
>10/10 beautiful man
>comes into fortune, immediately distinguishes himself with genius despite having no experience with war or law
>BTFO Jugurtha, BTFO Italians, BTFO Mithridates, BTFO Marius, BTFO Mithridates again, BTFO Marius again
>only man of his time with the balls to do what needed to be done
>>832300
>blinded a Greek emperor
Good lad
I don't have to say a single thing.
>Strong
Check
>Brave
Check
>Strategic
Check
>Powerful
Check
>Benevolent
Check
>Handsome
Check
>Ladies Man
Check
>Not a barbarian
Check
>Awesome
Check
>Genius
Check
>Warrior
Check
>King
Check
>Battle-hardened
Check
10/10 would like for his manly arms to wrap around me
(I am a straight male btw)
in your opinion who is the greatest egyptian pharaoh of all time?
imo i think its king tut, did you see his amazing death mask
He was a teen autist obsessed with his own funeral, played his funeral with dolls all day
Ahkenaten.
>>831977
good novel anon, but still fiction
Ramses had his people build four identical colossal statues of him all placed NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
Literally, how is it even possible to be that fucking narcissistic and egotistical?
People were so fucking stupid back then.
>>831826
Ancient Egyptian's made their sculptures in a path, look at it linerally and it makes sense
They wanted their names to be known throughout the land and into the afterlife.
And here we are 3500 years later shitposting about him.
>>831826
>People were stupid back then
>Judging a culture's concepts based on your beliefs
>You're stupid and egotistical
>The pot calling the ancient pottery black
Get the fuck out of here .
Romans had such amazing names:
Septimius
Severus
Julius
Augustus
Marcus
Commodus
Aurelius
Clodius
Albinus
Flavius
Gaius
My wife is going to have a son in September, would it be too cringey to name him after one of these?
call him gaius so his friends can call him gay like his dad
>everything ends in -us
garbage
at least greek names had variation
First one and the last three are a no go, the rest seem alright. Like the idea, haven't had a kid but if I did I'd look into roman names
How can this have been useful in any possible way.
>>831415
Here is a good discussion on this point OP
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=decorative+plate+armor
>>831415
That specific helm is an SCA baton combat helm, but that said, grotesques of both ornate and practical forms have existed throughout history.
Obviously, the more ornate ones were purely for parade or tournament, but there are some that made it to battle.
>>831462
What did Jesus look like?
Neither of those picture. Look at Shroud of Turin. There is some doubt about it being authentic or not (the date is wrong but some people say that it cant be dated because of fire damage), but most people agree that it does a good job of showing how Jesus looked and that is how probably he should traditionally be drawn.
The real question is......how did Mary look? There is no such shroud for her, However, I would go with the Tilma of Guadeloupe. Since Jesus is the son of Mary, we can also assume he looked like a male version of her.
We may never know what jesus actually looked like, but he sure as hell wasn't white
>>830833
Except there she looks ethnically Mestizo.
What is the greatest empire in human history and why is it the Roman Empire?
>>830507
That would be the British Empire.
>>830518
Shut your mouth
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